Oregon Administrative Code

860-090-0050 Integrated Resource Plan Acknowledgment (1) The Commission may provide the utility an opportunity to revise the IRP before making an acknowledgment decision. (2) The Commission may acknowledge the long-term resource strategy or individual action plan items in part or…

860-090-0060 Components of the Integrated Resource Plan (1) Each energy utility must prepare an integrated resource plan that contains the information described in this rule. (2) Executive summary. The utility must include in the IRP a brief executive summary, written for a gener…

860-090-0070 Draft Elements of the Integrated Resource Plan (1) As it is developing the IRP and in advance of filing the IRP, the energy utility must prepare drafts of the following information: (a) Portfolios that the utility intends to test in its development of the IRP; (b) Fu…

860-090-0080 Clean Energy Plan Procedural Requirements (1) An electric company that is subject to ORS 469A.415 must file a CEP with the Commission concurrently with the utility’s IRP and in the same docket. (2) If filing the CEP concurrently with the IRP would create an undue burde…

860-090-0090 Clean Energy Plan Acknowledgment (1) The Commission will consider acknowledgment of a CEP filed by the electric company subject to ORS 469A.415. The Commission will issue an order memorializing its decision on acknowledgment for the CEP, which may be combined with th…

860-090-0100 Clean Energy Plan Components Each electric company subject to ORS 469A.415 must: (1) In preparing the CEP, the utility must allow a meaningful number of opportunities for engagement that are open to all members of the public. Such opportunities must include opportuni…

860-090-0110 Integrated Resource Plan Updates (1) Purpose. The IRP Update primarily serves to: (a) Provide visibility into the utility’s implementation of the near-term action plan; (b) Facilitate efficient scrutiny of any changes to the near-term action plan; and (c) Identify wh…

860-091-0000 Applicability of Rules (1) The provisions of this division apply to electric companies subject ORS 469A.210. (2) Upon request or its own motion, the Commission may waive any of the division 091 rules for good cause shown. A request for waiver must be made in writing,…

860-091-0010 Definitions (1) "Electric company" has the meaning in ORS 756.005. (2) "Nameplate capacity" means the full-load electrical quantities assigned by the designer to a generator and its prime mover or other piece of electrical equipment, such as transformers and circuit …

860-091-0020 Aggregate Electrical Capacity (1) For purposes of compliance with the standard in ORS 469A.210(2), each electric company's aggregate electrical capacity is the total nameplate capacity of the electric company's generation resources to serve Oregon load. (a) Aggregate…

860-091-0030 Eligible Renewable Energy Projects (1) For purposes of compliance with the standard in ORS 469A.210(2), the contribution of each eligible renewable energy project towards an electric company's compliance with the standard is its total nameplate capacity. (2) An elect…

860-091-0040 Compliance Reports (1) No later than July 1, 2029, and no later than July 1 for each year thereafter, the electric company must file a report with the Commission demonstrating compliance or explaining in detail any failure to comply, with the standard in ORS 469A.210…

860-095-0000 Scope and Applicability of Rules (1) The rules in this division prescribe the filing requirements for provision of Resource Adequacy information, and the filing requirements and binding elements for the Public Utility Commission of Oregon (Commission) - administered …

860-095-0010 Definitions for this Division (1) “Advisory Forecast” means any modeling outputs created by a Qualified Regional Program that are presented but not used as part of the Qualified Regional Program’s binding elements. (2) “Binding Forward Showing” means a filing used by…

860-095-0020 Electric Company Resource Adequacy Informational Filing Requirements (1) Electric Companies must provide an Informational Filing to the Commission as a part of their Integrated Resource Plan. The Electric Company’s Informational Filing must be included as a chapter t…

860-095-0030 Electricity Service Supplier Resource Adequacy Informational Filing Requirements (1) Electricity Service Suppliers must submit an Informational Filing with the Commission every other year. (a) The Informational Filing may be filed as a part of the Emissions Planning …

860-095-0040 State Program Requirements (1) Any Electric Company or Electricity Service Supplier that is not a Regional Participant must comply with the State Program requirements. (2) State Participants must file a Binding Forward Showing with the Commission for approval no late…

860-100-0001 Scope and Applicability (1) The rules in this Division apply to all telecommunications providers as defined in 860-100-0005. (2) Upon request or its own motion, the Commission may waive any of the Division 100 rules for good cause shown. A request for waiver must be …

860-100-0005 Definitions for the Oregon Universal Service Fund For the purpose of this Division: (1) “Basic telephone service” has the same meaning as provided in OAR 860-032-0190. (2) “Certificate of Authority” means a certificate of authority to provide intrastate telecommunica…

860-100-0100 General Provisions (1) For the purpose of this Division, each calendar year has four quarters as follows: January 1 through March 31; April 1 through June 30; July 1 through September 30; and October 1 through December 31. (2) Each telecommunications provider must pa…

860-100-0105 Identification Worksheet (1) A telecommunications provider must complete and file an initial identification worksheet with the OUS Administrator within 30 calendar days of notification by the OUS Administrator that the identification worksheet is due. (2) A telecommu…

860-100-0110 Quarterly OUS Fund Reporting: Filing and Payment (1) For the purpose of the OUS fund, a telecommunications provider must file its contribution report with the OUS Administrator. For the first quarter (January through March) the contribution report is due on or before…

860-100-0115 Distribution Worksheet A competitive provider that has been designated as eligible for OUS Fund support must record its number of basic service access lines at the end of the calendar month (referred to as the recording month) on the distribution worksheet by wire ce…

860-100-0120 Estimated Report (1) For any quarter for which a telecommunications provider fails to file a contribution report as required by these rules, the Commission may make a proposed contribution assessment based upon any information available to the Commission. (2) The pro…

860-100-0125 OUS Fund Support Portability (1) OUS Fund support is portable, on a per line basis for basic telephone service, from a telecommunications utility to a competitive provider that has been designated by the Commission as eligible for support in the same geographic suppo…

860-100-0130 Commission Audit and Proposed Assessment (1) For any quarter for which a telecommunications provider's contribution report was due, the Commission may audit the telecommunications provider as the Commission deems necessary and practicable. (2) The Commission's audit …

860-100-0140 Notice and Hearing on Proposed Orders and Assessments (1) The Commission will provide written notice of the proposed order or proposed assessment to the telecommunications provider and allow the telecommunications provider an opportunity to request a hearing before t…

860-100-0150 OUS Record-keeping Requirements (1) A telecommunications provider must produce for inspection or audit upon request of the Commission or its authorized representative all records supporting its reports and worksheets required to be filed with the OUS Administrator. T…

860-100-0160 Refund of Oregon Universal Service Surcharge (1) A Pay Telephone provider may apply for a refund of the Oregon Universal Service (OUS) surcharge imposed on, and paid by, the provider under ORS 759.425(4) for the provision of Pay Telephone service. (2) An application …

860-100-0200 OUS Fund Support Eligibility (1) A provider that has been designated by the Commission as eligible to receive support from the OUS Fund in a specific geographic area, may receive a distribution from the OUS Fund, provided that it: (a) Holds a certificate of authority…

860-100-0251 OUS Fund Support Distributions (1) For customer lines served by telecommunications utilities, the support amount for these lines for the calendar year 2022 shall be a continuation of the amounts provided for in Appendix A to Public Utility Commission Order No. 16-093…

860-100-0300 OUS Fund Support Disbursement Calculations (1) The provisions of this rule apply to the calculation of disbursements made on or after January 1, 2023. (2) The Commission uses the Cost Quest model, or a similar model approved by the Commission to calculate total suppo…

860-150-0005 Purpose, Scope, and Applicability (1) The purpose of these rules is to set forth the requirements governing renewable natural gas programs for large natural gas utilities and for small natural gas utilities. (2) These rules apply to purchases of renewable natural gas…

860-150-0010 Definitions For purposes of this Division, except when a different scope is explicitly stated: (1) “Biogas” has the meaning given that term in ORS 757.392. (2) “Carbon intensity” or “CI” means the amount of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy of fue…

860-150-0050 Environmental Attributes and Renewable Thermal Certificates (1) The environmental attributes of RNG produced or purchased pursuant to these rules must include, but is not limited to, an estimated carbon intensity for the pathway utilized to produce, transport, and de…

860-150-0100 Renewable Natural Gas Resource Planning (1) Each large natural gas utility and small natural gas utility must, as part of an integrated resource plan filed after August 1, 2020, include information relevant to the RNG market, prices, technology, and availability that…

860-150-0200 Incremental Costs (1) For the purposes of ORS 757.396, a large natural gas utility must calculate its total incremental annual cost as follows: (a) A large natural gas utility must apply a cost-effectiveness calculation to all RNG that the utility acquires for its re…

860-150-0300 Mechanisms for Recovery of Prudently Incurred Costs by Large Natural Gas Utilities (1) A large natural gas utility may make a filing, consistent with the requirements of OAR 860-022-0070 and other applicable rules of the Commission, seeking to pass through prudently …

860-150-0400 Mechanisms for Recovery of Prudently Incurred Costs by Small Natural Gas Utilities (1) Before a small natural gas utility makes a qualified investment for the first time, or purchases RNG from a third-party producer with the intent to seek cost recovery in a new or r…

860-150-0500 Large Natural Gas Utility Investments in Biogas Production (1) Pursuant to ORS 757.396, before making a qualified investment in biogas production that is upstream of conditioning equipment, pipeline interconnection or gas cleaning, a large natural gas utility must en…

860-150-0600 Renewable Natural Gas Compliance Reports (1) A large natural gas utility or a small natural gas utility that participates in the RNG program described in these rules must file an annual compliance report for each year that the utility participates in the program by m…

860-250-0005 Applicability and Waiver (1) These rules apply to broadband Internet access service providers engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service to a public body, as set forth in Oregon Laws 2018, Chapter 88, Section 1(5), and any participant in a proceedi…

860-250-0010 Definitions For the purposes of Division 250: (1) “Broadband Internet access service” or “BIAS” has the same meaning as defined in Oregon Laws 2018, Chapter 88, Section 1(1)(a). (2) “Broadband Internet access service provider” or “BIAS provider” has the same meaning …

860-250-0020 Required Public Disclosures by Covered BIAS Providers (1) Disclosures Consistent with Federal Law. Covered broadband Internet access service providers’ disclosures made in a form and manner that complies with 47 C.F.R. § 8.1(a); Restoring Internet Freedom, WC Docket …

860-250-0030 Functionally Equivalent Service Determinations (1) A petition requesting that the Commission make a determination regarding whether a service is a functional equivalent as provided for in Oregon Laws 2018, Chapter 88, Section 1(1)(a)(A)(ii) will be governed by ORS 75…

860-250-0035 Nonharmful Device Determinations (1) A petition requesting that the Commission determine by rule whether a device is nonharmful under Oregon Laws 2018, Chapter 88, Section 1(1)(h) will be governed by the requirements set forth in this rule and either of the following…

860-250-0040 Excepted Paid Prioritization Determinations (1) A petition requesting that the Commission make a determination regarding whether certain paid prioritization meets the standard set forth in Oregon Laws 2018, Chapter 88, Section 1(4)(c) will be governed by ORS 756.500 …

860-250-0045 Reasonable Network Management Determinations (1) A petition requesting that the Commission make a determination regarding whether certain activity constitutes reasonable network management under Oregon Laws 2018, Chapter 88, Section 1(4)(d) will be governed by ORS 75…

860-250-0050 Determinations Regarding Newly Compliant BIAS Providers (1) A petition requesting that the Commission make a determination regarding whether a particular provider meets the standard set forth in Oregon Laws 2018, Chapter 88, Section 1(4)(e) will be governed by ORS 75…

860-300-0001 Scope and Applicability of Rules (1) The rules in this division prescribe the filing requirements for risk-based Wildfire Mitigation Plans filed by a Public Utility that provides electric service in Oregon pursuant to ORS 757.005. (2) Upon request or its own motion, …